どぶがわ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
溝川
どぶ川
ドブ川

Alternative forms

  • どぶかわ (dobukawa)

Etymology

From 溝(どぶ) (dobu, “ditch”) + 川(かわ) (kawa, “river”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) どぶがわ [dòbúgáwá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [do̞bɯ̟ɡa̠β̞a̠]

Noun

どぶがわ or ドブがわ • (dobugawa) ←どぶがは (dobugafa)?

  1. "ditch river": river as dirty as a ditch; dirty river

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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